Bloomberg Europe

Macron Begins Search for New French Premier as Barnier Falls

Watch: French Government Falls After No-Confidence Vote

French Far Right Joins Forces With Left to Topple Government

Key Takeaways From France’s No-Confidence Vote

French Bonds Gain as Investors Await New PM After Barnier Falls

Watch: French Government Falls After No-Confidence Vote

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Macron’s Grand Project in Ruins After French Government Falls

Watch: Bitcoin Hits $100,000 for First Time, Now What?

Bitcoin Hits $100,000 in Highly Anticipated Crypto Milestone

Stock prices.

Futures Waver After Record; Bitcoin Tops $100,000

Bitcoin Resumes Rise After Digital Proponent Selected for SEC

US Executives Turn Sharply Positive After Trump’s Win, Surveys Show

War in Ukraine

Why Russia Invaded Ukraine US ATACMS Missiles Nuclear Risk

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US, Russian Military Chiefs Speak for First Time in Over a Year

Tucker Carlson Interviews Russian Foreign Minister on War in Ukraine

NATO Rushes Weapons to Ukraine to Boost Kyiv Before Truce Talks

Latest

Vodafone Group Plc Stores Ahead Of Earnings — Jason Alden/Bloomberg

Vodafone’s £15 Billion Deal Opens Door to European Consolidation

Vodafone’s German Sales Slide After Losing TV Bundle Customers

Amundi’s New CEO Has Roadmap Laid Out as She Takes on BlackRock — Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images

Amundi Interested in Buying Allianz Global Investors

Europe’s biggest asset manager has been holding on-and-off talks for several months about a deal for AGI.

Bloomberg Opinion

French Government No-Confidence Vote at National Assembly

Bloomberg Opinion

Le Pen Takes France and Europe Into the Unknown

Will Notre Dame’s reopening be all that remains of Emmanuel Macron’s legacy?

By Lionel Laurent, Columnist

Switzerland Flunks Its Study of Commodity Speculators

By Javier Blas, Columnist

Trump Can Cut a Great Deal With Europe. Really.

By Hal Brands, Columnist

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Chinese Billionaire Li Shufu Reshuffles His Car Collection

By Chris Bryant, Columnist

Italy Seeks Ways to Counter Unicredit SpA’s Takeover Bid for BPM — Francesca Volpi/Bloomberg

Italy’s Banks Are Headed for a Showdown With a Blockbuster Cast

Here’s a rundown of the main people involved.

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UniCredit CEO Says He’s Got Until March to Review Banco BPM Bid

Romanian Parliamentary Election as Country Recounts Presidential Votes After Fears Of Foreign Meddling — Andrei Pungovschi/Bloomberg

The Tiktok-Loving Conspiracy Theorist Upending Romanian Politics

Calin Georgescu's first-round election victory stunned a nation. Now he threatens to pivot one of the US's key allies in Europe toward Russia

Big Take

The Rise of Stock Buybacks

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South Korea Turmoil

What Happened Impeachment Bid Six Hours of Martial Law

South Korea Opposition Party Seeks to Impeach Yoon for Treason — Jean Chung/Bloomberg

Korean Leader Replaces Defense Head as Vote on Impeachment Motion Looms

Political Turmoil Adds Gloom to Beleaguered South Korean Markets

How Six Hours of Martial Law Reshaped a Stunned South Korea

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Big Take

The Rise of Stock Buybacks

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A factory worker in Germany

German Factory Orders Dropped Less Than Expected in October

A factory worker in Germany

Etihad Airways PJSC Unveil Their First Airbus A380 Aircraft

Airbus Measures to Cost About 2,000 Jobs, Most in Space Division

Etihad Airways PJSC Unveil Their First Airbus A380 Aircraft

UnitedHealth Executive Fatally Shot In NYC On Investor Day

Questions of Motive Emerge in UnitedHealthcare CEO’s Killing

UnitedHealth Executive Fatally Shot In NYC On Investor Day

Bloomberg Businessweek

Top Business Schools See Growing Minority Enrollment

Top Business Schools See Growing Minority Enrollment

What the Class of 2026 looks like after the Supreme Court ended affirmative action in higher education.

By Robb Mandelbaum

December 1, 2024

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An Airline’s Florida Resort Dreams Look More Like a Nightmare

An Airline’s Florida Resort Dreams Look More Like a Nightmare

A cautionary tale of synergy gone sideways.

How a Billionaire’s ‘Baby Project’ Ensnared Dozens of Women

Disgraced tycoon Greg Lindberg built a network of egg donors and surrogates. Several say he conned them—and that US fertility clinics helped him do it.

A New Method to Map the Brain: Infect It With a Virus

A lab named E11 is working on a novel technique to produce a detailed map of a mouse brain.

Markets

ETFs Crypto Deals

Riyadh Metro Opens in Bid to Ease City’s Traffic Jams — Tasneem Alsultan/Bloomberg

Dubai-Based Digital Platform Offers $134 Entry Into Saudi Real Estate Market

UK Housebuilding Falls Most in Five Months in Wake of Budget

CATL Co-Founder Says Investing in Northvolt Not a Priority: FAS

Nouriel Roubini's Vision for a New Safe Haven Asset

Nouriel Roubini on a Vision for a New Safe Haven ETF

Trump’s Prison Company Boost Has Its Limits

Newsletter: The Brink

Trump’s Prison Company Boost Has Its Limits

Bloomberg Originals

The Illicit Shipping Hub Hiding in Plain Sight

The Illicit Shipping Hub Hiding in Plain Sight

Has Volkswagen Lost Its Way?

Has Volkswagen Lost Its Way?

Your Brain Is the Next Tech Frontier

Your Brain Is the Next Tech Frontier

Rebirth of the World's Original Tech Giant

Rebirth of the World's Original Tech Giant

Space

Key Speakers At TechCrunch Disrupt

Trump Choice for NASA Will Help Space Industry: Rocket Lab CEO

Donald Trump Watches SpaceX Launch Its Sixth Test Flight Of Starship Spacecraft

Space Investors Giddy Over Prospect of Trump’s Defense Windfall

SpaceX Launches Its Polaris Dawn Crewed Mission

SpaceX Weighs Tender Offer Raising Valuation to $350 Billion

Blue Origin’s Chance to Prove it Belongs in Space’s Big League

Blue Origin’s Chance to Prove it Belongs in Space’s Big League

Technology

AI Cybersecurity Screentime

Rolex watches at a Watches of Switzerland store in London. — Jose Sarmento Matos/Bloomberg

Watches of Switzerland Shares Rise on Signs of Improving Demand

IPhone Maker Hon Hai Posts 3% Sales Growth After AI Demand Slows

Praemia REIM Is Said to Consider Singapore Health-Care REIT IPO

Elon, Inc: Elon Loses (Again) in Delaware (Podcast)

Elon, Inc: Elon Loses (Again) in Delaware

Europe’s Newest Startup Trend: Making AI-Powered Weapons

Newsletter: Tech Daily

Europe’s Newest Startup Trend: Making AI-Powered Weapons

Wealth

UBS branding.

Billionaires Emigrating More Frequently Since Covid, UBS Says

General Views of Shanghai As China's Attempt to Boost Demand Is Stifled by Wall of Austerity

Chinese Billionaire’s RoyalFlush Trading App Is Big Winner of Stimulus

BlackRock Hits $11.5 Trillion Of Assets With Private-Market Push

HPS Offers Incentives to Retain Staff After Sale to BlackRock

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Crypto-Rich Russian Networks Moving Oligarch Billions Shut Down by UK

Politics

US Election UK Europe Middle East Asia

Ursula von der Leyen — Frederick Florin/AFP/Getty Images

Von Der Leyen to Attend Mercosur Summit With EU Trade Deal Close

Elon Musk Works Congress as He Targets $2 Trillion Budget Chop

Cognac and Champagne Makers Seek to Boost US Exports to Avoid Tariff Risks

Trump’s Brewing Battle Over Government Spending Cuts

Newsletter: Washington Edition

Trump’s Brewing Battle Over Government Spending Cuts

Big Take DC: Why Wall Street Cheered Bessent (Podcast)

Big Take DC: Why Wall Street Cheered Bessent

Explainers

Trump Vows to ‘Impound’ Money Congress Appropriates. Can He Do It?

Trump Vows to ‘Impound’ Money Congress Appropriates. Can He Do It?

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What Are Gallium and Germanium? The Niche Metals Hit by China’s Export Ban

TOPSHOT-SKOREA-POLITICS-CONFLICT

How Martial Law Has Been Used Over South Korea's Turbulent History

Industries

Legal Energy Health

U.K. Consumers Shake Off Brexit As Economic Optimism Surges — Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg

Frasers Plunges as Chief Blames UK Budget for Profit Warning

China to Set Another Solar Record Even as Industry Struggles

Trump Choice for NASA Will Help Space Industry: Rocket Lab CEO

The Deal: Sue Bird (Podcast)

The Deal: Sue Bird

Space Investors Giddy Over Prospect of Trump’s Defense Windfall

Newsletter: Business of Space

Space Investors Giddy Over Prospect of Trump’s Defense Windfall

Green

New Energy Greener Living ESG Investing

The Quest to Better Recycle Wind Turbines and Solar Panels

The Quest to Better Recycle Wind Turbines and Solar Panels

From France to Taiwan, companies are experimenting in ways to recycle discarded solar panels and wind turbine blades

Neoen Sells Australian Assets Before Takeover by Brookfield

Chantiers, Vernova to Build Substation for French Grid

Zero: GE Vernova’s Investment Supercycle (Podcast)

Zero: GE Vernova’s Investment Supercycle

An Optimist's Guide to the Planet Trailer

An Optimist's Guide to the Planet Trailer

Pursuits

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The Crowds Are Back—and Buying—at Art Basel Miami Beach

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Incredible Artisan Gifts You Don’t Have to Travel the World to Buy

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The Dozen New Baking Staples That Will Upgrade Your Holidays

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Rare, Pristine Stradivarius Violin Could Break All-Time Auction Record

Economics

Inflation & Prices Indicators Central Banks

UK Heat Wave Boosts Sales in Shops and Spending on 'Staycations' Ahead Of UK Retail Figures — Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg

Over Half of UK Firms to Raise Prices After £26 Billion Tax Hike

South Africa Current Account Gap Beats Estimates as Exports Drop

UAE Port Operator DP World Plans India Expansion to Ease Delays

Political Fallout in South Korea Could Hang Over Growth, Markets

Newsletter: Economics Daily

Political Fallout in South Korea Could Hang Over Growth, Markets

Special Coverage: French Government Falls After Vote (Podcast)

Special Coverage: French Government Falls After Vote

CityLab

FRANCE-RELIGION-MONUMENT-HERITAGE

Notre-Dame Reopens ‘More Beautiful Than Before’

Russian strikes leave destruction on Kostiantynivka

As Wars Rage, Cities Face a Dark New Era of Urban Destruction

SAUDI-ECONOMY-TRANSPORT

Riyadh Metro Partially Opens in Bid to Ease City’s Traffic Jams

Work + Life

Work Shift Equality Business of Sports

United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson Fatally Shot In Midtown Manhattan — Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Slain UnitedHealth Executive Puts Focus on CEO Safety Policy

Trump Allies Blast Work-From-Home Extension for Federal Staff

Robinhood to Launch in Asia in 2025 With Singapore HQ

Women's Soccer Wants to Be More Like the NFL

Women's Soccer Wants to Be More Like the NFL

Musk’s DOGE Says the Education Department Should Go. What Does That Really Mean?

Newsletter: Equality

Musk’s DOGE Says the Education Department Should Go. What Does That Really Mean?

Markets Magazine

Markets Magazine_India_Bus_01 — Ruhani Kaur for Bloomberg Markets

The Developing World Is Buying $180,000 E-buses on the Cheap

India used financial alchemy to fund big-city transport at 30 cents a ride.

By Lou Del Bello

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Investors fear tariffs, deportation and high rates. Builders bet on deregulation and taxes.

Trump Threatens ESG Investing That Thrived in His First Term

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Wall Street Math Wizards Are Decoding Private-Market Returns

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